August 2009                                                            


   Cashing In!
 
Selling Your Company For Maximum Profit

Douglas Group  

 
In Business Sale: Honesty Pays
 
It pays, inevitably and invariably, to be forthright in presentation of information about your company to a prospective buyer. Forthright does not mean that you must necessarily share all levels of detail. There may be details that you need to withhold in the interest of protecting confidentiality. For those issues, you simply need to say, "We don't wish to provide that information now."

With all information that you are willing to share, be scrupulously honest. When we take any engagement, we warn prospective clients that if they aren't comfortable with............................read more


Written by Deborah Douglas, Managing Director of the Douglas Group, a St. Louis-based private investment banking firm which represents sellers of middle-market companies. Ms. Douglas is also author of "Cashing In!"  For more information, contact her at  ddouglas@douglasgroup.net or call 314-991-5150.

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